SANMINA CORP — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 8, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SANMINA-SCI CORP (SANM)
CIK: 0000897723
Period of Report: 2009-12-07

Reporting Person: WARD JACKIE M (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-07	Phantom Stock	$	A	368	Acquired		Common Stock (368)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: PHANTOM STOCK PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF THE REPORTING PERSON PURSUANT TO THE ISSUER'S DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ("PLAN"). UNDER SUCH PLAN, PARTICIPANTS MAY ELECT TO DEFER PAYMENT OF MEETING FEES, WHICH ARE CONVERTED INTO A NUMBER OF SHARE UNITS CALCULATED BY DIVIDING THE AMOUNT OF FEES DEFERRED BY THE CLOSING STOCK PRICE ON THE DAY SUCH AMOUNTS WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN PAYABLE. PHANTOM STOCK IS PAID IN THE FORM OF SHARES OF THE ISSUER'S COMMON STOCK (AND CASH IN LIEU OF ANY FRACTIONAL SHARES) FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF THE REPORTING PERSON'S SERVICES AS DIRECTOR.